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title: wait, why did he hand over ALL his money? — Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothe… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, why did he hand over ALL his money? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 726 «Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize, Hans sets off home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize,…

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wait, why did he hand over ALL his money?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** wait, hand · **To what, where:** money

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 726 «Grimm, The Golden Bird, part 2: brothers steal the prize, Hans sets off home» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/726-pg2591-part2/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:t3:1
# text = wait, why did he hand over ALL his money?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hand	hand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	ALL	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **hand** | past · do-support | he |  |  | his money |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To buy his brothers' freedom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:t3:o1:1
# text = To buy his brothers' freedom
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	freedom	freedom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | to-infinitive |  | his brothers's freedom |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent freedom=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To pay the king's tax

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:t3:o2:1
# text = To pay the king's tax
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pay	pay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | to-infinitive |  | the king's tax |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tax=Asset |
| 2 | **tax** |  | the king |  |  |  |  |  | nom tax «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To pay off the robbers so they would leave the village and never come back

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:t3:o3:1
# text = To pay off the robbers so they would leave the village and never come back
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
15	back	back	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay off** | to-infinitive | robbers *= robber* *not said here* | the robbers |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robber=Asset |
| 2 | **leave** | would | robbers *= robber* | the village |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **come back** | infinitive | robbers *= robber* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To buy his brothers' freedom from the gallows in the village square

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:726-pg2591-part2:t3:o4:1
# text = To buy his brothers' freedom from the gallows in the village square
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	freedom	freedom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gallows	gallows	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | to-infinitive |  | his brothers's freedom |  | the gallows |  | in the village square | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent freedom=Theme from gallows=Source |

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